Shopping bag



W. H. DEUBENER SHOPPING BAG Filed July 5; 1926 May 21, 1929' Wall'er lf.Deubo Patented Mayg UNITED STATES I 1,714,1 2- PATENT oFFic-n WALTER'H.DEUBENER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

snorrme BAG.

Application filed July 3, i926. serial No. 12o,4e1.

form the receiver for packages and having carrying and supporting meansextending about the bottom of the receptacle and up i v thel'sides toprovide carrying handles.

An important detail of my invention resides in providing a simple,inexpensive 15 shopping bag having handle means permitting the bag to besupported by one handle, either while it is being filled or until .apacka e is placed within the same.- I accomplish this by looping thecord supporting means at the handle and locking the same beneath aholding member under the marginal edge of the bag.

These features, together with other details and objects of the inventionwill be more clearly and fully set forth in the specification andclaims. s

In the drawings forming part of my specification Figure 1- is I aperspective view of my shopping bag as it would appear inuse. K

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic illustration of the supporting cords apartfrom the shopping bag/ The shopping bag A is madeof aper or othersuitable material which may e readily folded in to a flat compact statewhen it is not in use.

The shopping bag A is designed of a simple nature, yet having theproperty of carrying a considerable load by reason of the fact that thebag is adapted to be supported and; carried by the supporting cord meansB The supporting cord means B is formed with downwardly dependingcordportions 10, bottom cord portions'll, which extend across the bottom12 of the bag Afrom one side of the bag to the other. The dependingcords 10are formed into. a handle or loop portion 14 on one side'and theother side is extended up into, the end loops 15 and 16 which looptogether in a manner to form the double handle portion, while the endsof the loops 15 and 16 are joined together in a knot 17. The ends of theloop 16'extend through the openings 18 and 19, re"- Spectively, and arethen )assed inward through the openings 20 and 21,1respctively, to theknot 17.- .These openings are formed in the reinforcing member 22 whichis made of cardboard or, other suitable material and which is adaptedtobe concealed and positioned beneath the inturned marginal upper. edge23, of the bag. Y

Slits 24: formed in the lower edge of the reinforcingmemberj22 permitsthe ends of the loops 15 and 16 to be slipped into the openings 20 and21, after the knot 17 has: been tied.

This form of construction permits the tying of the knot 17 before it hasbeen if serted beneath the marginaledge 23 and into the reinforcedmember 22 which provides an economical construction in the manufactureof the bag, and yet provides a) handle member G made by the loops 15 and16 which. includes a lock in the handle so that the cords will not slipwhile holding firmly in the handle, and the load of the bag will besupported through the knot\ and ends-of the loops 15 and '16. This formsa temporary holding means so that the bag can be-readily carried by thehandle C by one hand, while packages are placed in the bag. This is avery important feature of my invention as it provides a very simple,inexpensive structure which M does not make it prohibitive tomanufacture at a reasonable rice and which provides a I c shopping bagof a desirable nature where a construction capable of being supported byone hand is desired.

This bag also provides a form of shop ping bag which permits the handlesto readily'adjust themselves to the load, permit ting the cords 10 toslide through the openings 25 in the side walls of the bag so that thebottom portions 11 of the cordsmay adjust themselves in proper relationto the load within the bag so that virtually the entire loadof the bagis carried from the handles 14 and the handle C formed by the loops 15and 16, so that equalization of the carrying means is readily afi'orded,yet providing a handle member C to permit the bag to be-carried by onehandle.

/ In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principlesof operation of my shopping bag and while the drawings illustrate aparticular form and construction of the same, I desire to have itunderstood that these illustrations are only suggestive of a means ofcarrying out my;

- ride a handle and means for securing. the. ends of sald cord 1namanner to provide'a invention and that the same may be applied to usesother than those above set forth within the. scope of the followingclaims: I claim:

1. Carrying means for a shopping bag ing and concealing the attachedends of said cord means to provide a non-slippping loop handle to permitthe bag to be carried singularly thereby while it is being filled, thecord means extending freely over and through the bag to be adjustableunder strain of a load in the same. v

2. A shopping bag including, cord carrying members extendingoventhe'sides and bottom of said shopping bag to adjust with the loadcarried in the bag, said cord forming strands downlthe sides over thebottom of the bag and looped on one. side to prohandlelecked' inrelation to the side of'said bag to permit the bagto be carried 'byisaidlocked handle member independent of the other handle and adjustablewhen'carried by both handles to permit the cord to adjust in relation tothe load in the bag.

3. A'shopping bag having a carrying cord adapted to form handles on eachside. thereof, meansforlocking a portion of said cord at one of thehandles to permit the .bag to be carried by said handle singularly,

and to permit the cordto'adjust when carried by both handles in relationto the load in thebag; r

4:. A carrying cord for a shopping bag including, strands adapted toextend over the sides and across the bottom of the shop,

ping bag, and adapted to form handles on each side thereof, saidstrandsfbeing adjustable with the load in the bag when car-' 7 ried bythe handles, one of said handles having means for locking the same tothe side of the bag to permit the bag to be carried entirely by'saidlocked handleto support the entire loadjin the bag While thebag is beingWALTER It. DEUBENEB.

